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CHAPTER 1 Epid <strong>766</strong>, D. Zhang<br />

• Summary <strong>from</strong> Stage II:<br />

1. Comparison <strong>of</strong> E(b0) and E(b1) between males and females:<br />

�E( � b0) : 223.97(female), 217.6(male), p-value = 0.28<br />

�E( � b1) : 1.75(female), 3.31(male), p-value = 0.002.<br />

2. Comparison <strong>of</strong> var(b0) and var(b1) between males and females:<br />

S 2b0<br />

S 2b1<br />

: 1621(female), 1848(male), p-value = 0.5<br />

: 11.3(female), 13.9(male), p-value = 0.3.<br />

However, the above tests do NOT compare var(b0) and var(b1)<br />

between males and females. We will use mixed model approach<br />

to address this problem.<br />

3. Model for true baseline response b0:<br />

� b0 = α0 + α1sex + α2age + e0,<br />

�α0 = 138.2(15.0), �α1 = −9.75(5.5), �α2 = 2.06(0.35).<br />

Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology Slide 44

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